Articles What we're reading: in which we consider segregated high school reunions, the vanishing middle class, notes from a Pynchon conference and "death in the age of the Internet" As we try to get the mildew out of the swimsuits we left in the corner over the weekend, we wanted to leave you a pile of stories for when… August 9, 2010 Andrea Pitzer Vanity Fair’s Bryan Burrough on writing narrative: “people are dying to put down your article” In what might be the only performance of Texas stand-up comedy about narrative writing, Vanity Fair writer Bryan Burrough recently offered practical tips for long-form storytelling to a Mayborn Conference… August 6, 2010 Andrea Pitzer Gary Smith on intimacy and connecting with subjects: "Any uneasiness you bring is going to cost you dearly" On the last day of the Mayborn Conference, Sports Illustrated’s Gary Smith read from and discussed “Shadow of a Nation,” his 1991 story about a Crow basketball player named Jonathan… August 2, 2010 Andrea Pitzer Mark Bowden on discovering narrative and the value of beginner’s mind: "only if you are truly ignorant can you ask the truly ignorant question" Next up in our series of highlights from last weekend's Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference is Mark Bowden. Author of "Black Hawk Down" and a former reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer,… July 30, 2010 Andrea Pitzer Mary Karr on truth: "the least of my problems as a memoirist, as a writer, is getting my facts right" Author Mary Karr showed up Friday in Grapevine, Texas, in the middle of a thunderstorm to talk about telling the truth. The first keynote speaker at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction… July 28, 2010 Andrea Pitzer Narrative tips for nonfiction writers: more from the 2010 Mayborn Conference I recently led a writing workshop at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, and talked to students about finding the meaning in their stories and going deep – while at the same… July 28, 2010 Tom Huang Meanwhile back at the ranch: The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference and a trip to Larry McMurtry’s private library Heading northwest out of Dallas before morning rush hour, glass and concrete slip away to nothing but shrubs, scattered trees and long, low rises that are not so much hills… July 26, 2010 Andrea Pitzer How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Flow Nothing prepares you for your first time. You’re out with someone, maybe a date, maybe just friends, everything’s fine, and then he whips it out, right in front of you… July 23, 2010 Peggy Nelson Joe Donnelly on Slake, long-form journalism and launching a vision: "it’s about finding the right rhythm and the right way of presenting it" Last month, we heard rumors from the West Coast of a new magazine devoted to long-form storytelling – a magazine that existed in print only and had no digital presence.… July 21, 2010 Andrea Pitzer Audience storytelling from "Star Wars" to "Top Secret America": interactivity across the spectrum Chewbacca and Washington Post reporters may have more in common than you think: both might get an assist from the general public on in-depth projects that are in the news… July 19, 2010 Andrea Pitzer Previous 1 … 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 … 242 Next
